James (Scoonie) Penn has been named Ohio State’s director of player development, Chris Holtmann, Ohio State first-year head coach, announced Tuesday. Penn was a letterwinner for the Buckeyes from 1999-2000 and garnered second team All-America honors in 2000. “We are really excited about Scoonie being a…
Chris Holtmann’s first 2018 verbal commitment is in, and it came late Monday night in the form of 4-star shooting guard Torrence Watson. Watson announced the news via Twitter. Watson (6-4 175) is ranked the No. 100 player in the class per the 247Sports Composite and the No. 23 shooting guard in the nation.
Chris Holtmann announced the hiring of Quadrian Banks as the men’s basketball program’s strength and conditioning coach on Friday. The hire is essentially the final piece of Holtmann’s coaching staff. Banks was previously with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. In fact, Banks has experience throughout both…
It has been an eventful first month on the job for Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann. That “excitement” continued on Friday with the announcement from OSU that incoming freshman guard Braxton Beverly had requested and been granted his release, and that redshirt freshman forward Derek…
There is an old saying about not being the guy who follows the guy, but be the guy who follows the guy who followed the guy. In Chris Holtmann’s case, you would think it would be challenging and stressful following in the footsteps of Thad Matta, who won five Big Ten regular season championships, led his team…
The new Buckeye basketball coaching staff wasted little time in showing their work. Chris Holtmann took over for Thad Matta less than two weeks ago, and when he met with the media last week he emphasized the importance of recruiting in the state of Ohio. On Monday, the first result of that came in the commitment of Massillon small forward Kyle Young. Young had previously…
Kyle Young is the No. 18 small forward in the nation per the 247Sports Composite and the No. 77 player overall. A First-Team All-Ohio selection this season along with fellow Ohio State signee Kaleb Wesson, Young becomes new Buckeye head coach Chris Holtmann’s first commit. Holtmann and his staff hit the recruiting trail immediately…
Chris Holtmann, Ohio State head men’s basketball coach, completed his coaching staff Thursday with the additions of assistant coaches Mike Schrage, Terry Johnson and Ryan Pedon. All three were on Holtmann’s staff at Butler. “I am excited about the addition of Ryan, Mike and Terry to our coaching staff…”
Ohio State forwards Jae’Sean Tate and Keita Bates-Diop spoke with the media following Chris Holtmann’s introduction on Monday. The players spoke of how they found out about Thad Matta’s firing, the thought of a transition period, changing goals, and the future of Ohio State basketball.
Chris Holtmann spoke for approximately 28 minutes on Monday in his first meeting with the media as Ohio State’s new men’s head basketball coach. It was one of his first steps toward renewing a basketball program that was in desperate need of some rejuvenation. Over those 28 minutes, Holtmann thanked people…
It has been a hectic seven days for new Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann. On Tuesday morning, he was contacted for the first time by Ohio State, where OSU officially offered him the position. Since then his world has been a blur. After some back and forth, he met with Gene Smith in Dayton and accepted…
